Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] been [vb pp] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sagarmatha National Park was born in 1976 and has since been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO . |
| 2 | The unfriendly comment of Edgar Wind in Art and Anarchy was : ‘ What has optimistically been called a ‘ museum without walls ' ’ is in fact a museum on paper — a paper-world of art in which the epic oratory of Malraux proclaims , with the voice of a crier in the market place , that all art is composed in a single key , that huge monuments and small coins have the same plastic eloquence if transferred to the scale of the printed page , that a gouache can equal a fresco . ’ |
| 3 | Cow 's milk allergy has hitherto been considered a temporary condition that improves or disappears with age . |
| 4 | This whole question is of importance not only because it was so central to Engels 's book but also because The Origin has rightly been considered a major contribution to the feminist tradition . |
| 5 | Although the cusp has long been considered a well defined spatial structure maintained by continuous reconnection , it has recently been suggested r4–6 that reconnection instead may take place in a series of discontinuous events ; this is the ‘ pulsating cusp model ’ . |
| 6 | The right to demonstrate against unpopular causes has long been considered a bulwark of liberty in any civilised society , enabling groups within that society to attempt to influence public opinion , to express their solidarity , to pressurise government and publicise their cause . |
| 7 | While classics , for example , are considered essentially upper- or upper-middle-class disciplines , engineering ( in this country at any rate ) has long been considered a subject suitable for aspirant working-class men . |
| 8 | Histamine has long been considered a putative mediator of the gastric acid secretory response to ethanol . |
| 9 | New Zealand Test star Iro has not been given a new contract by Manly and was offered back to Wigan last week . |
| 10 | This fish has not been given a common name and is usually referred to as the ‘ sebae ’ . |
| 11 | He accepts that he can not make a categorical statement about innocence or guilt , but he feels that his constituent has not been given a fair hearing . |
| 12 | With no Lamb and no Gower I can see the chance for England 's batting enigma Graeme Hick to go on the senior tour , even if he has not been offered a winter retainer contract . |
| 13 | Where a university subject of the candidate 's choice has not been allocated a quota award , it may be possible for the Head of Department to nominate the candidate for an appeals award . |
| 14 | A smaller table was beside the desk with a high-backed typewriter , the sign of a junior executive who has not been allocated a personal secretary and must write his own memoranda . |
| 15 | But there are grounds for scepticism : there has not been produced a clear coherent overall plan which places significant values , skills and , characteristics at the forefront of the curriculum . |
| 16 | The jubilant Knox wrote about her death in terms which make it clear why charity has not been thought a notable feature of Scottish Calvinism . |
| 17 | I drove into the mouth of a carnivorous wave with the reckless abandon of a man who has just been given a week to live . |
| 18 | A young teacher ( Class 3 ) has just been given a special award for the ‘ best classroom ’ in Francistown . |
| 19 | The living room , originally furnished in rusty browns , has just been given a brighter look with soft peach paper and multi-striped curtains by Designers Guild . |
| 20 | Alcock was cheered up by a letter from his CO at Mudros telling him the ‘ Your baby has just been given a new suit of clothes and is learning to walk . |
| 21 | Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be visiting the Victorian mansion that is n't finished yet , and has just been given a grant to ensure that it never will be . |
| 22 | And every parent has just been sent a letter — which claims ’ both Labour and the Liberal Demcrats have stated their intention to close down the remaining grammar schools . ’ |
| 23 | Mr Williams recently received the Lympus prize in his FRCO exams and has just been offered a place at the Royal Academy of Music to study organ performance . |
| 24 | Each of the words within the compounds has already been assigned a root-index as in table 4.5 . |
| 25 | The hypothesis is that we have now reached the end of the particular combination known as Fordism and are embarking on an as yet embryonic and relatively unknown period , but one which has already been given a name — neo-Fordism . |
| 26 | It has generally been thought a manifestation of the taste which in the immediately following period adapted many fabulous monsters from the East ; but it has no close eastern parallels , and the discovery of the Lefkandi Centaur pushes back the concept in Greece a long way . |
| 27 | The preface adopts a modest tone : ‘ To unite elegance and utility , and blend the useful with the agreeable , has ever been considered a difficult , but an honourable task . ’ |
| 28 | The description and demonstration of the working of such systems has always been considered a major advance in anthropological theory and is usually traced to the publication in 1940 of African Political Systems by M. Fortes and E. E. Evans-Pritchard with their respective discussions of the Tallensi of West Africa and the Nuer of East Africa . |
| 29 | The NHS has always been considered a ‘ good buy ’ internationally in terms of administrative costs , and although precise comparisons are not possible , clearly remains so , certainly when compared with the 24.1% calculated for the United States . |
| 30 | Hand-loom weaving has always been considered a male artisan activity , with the concession that wives from time to time might assist their husbands at the cottage loom . |